I have been using Rapid Cloning & Provisioning for a few years now successfully via the vCenter VSC Plugin 4.2.1. Recently we joined two vCenters using the "Link Mode" Setup Wizard, for ease of administration of the two vCenters.

However since linking the vCenters rapid cloning is no longer possible, as the wizard times out when selecting the controller stating "Could not validate the selected storage controller. It failed with the following error: "Timeout error". If you changed the SSL settings or password you must remove and re-add the storage controller to continue."

I don't know what enabling "Link mode" changed, but this was all working fine before we joined the two vcenters.

The kamino.log shows the timeout, but does not give a lot of details: -

In a bid to get back rapid cloning functionality I have reverted the vCenters back to isololation mode, however the VSC plugin still persists in timing out. On one of the vCenters we are not using Rapid cloning in production, therefore I tried uninstalling VSC 4.2.1, re-installing and re-registering it with vCenter. Still the timeout persists. I don't know what else to try or where else to look to try and resolve this. This feature is important and we need to get it back working. Can anyone adivse.

To answer your first question (which I missed originally, sorry!), yes VSC 6.0 and 6.1 work with 8.1.4 7-mode and vCenter 5.5. As far as your PowerShell scripts, you will most likely have to refactor them (VSC 6.0+ ships with cmdlets), but the functionality is still there.

For the second issue, have you opened a support case? I would suggest that as a first step if you haven't already done so.

Andrew

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